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Today is Saturday May 22, 2010 and we are reading through the Bible in a year. Today's message comes from the reading of the Book of II Chronicles, chapters 4-6. If you would like to read the chapters along with us here online you can Click Here to read them or copy & paste this link onto your browser: http://www.readytofollow.com/bible-may-22

Title: Bible Study: The Glory of The Lord
As Christians we have the great privilege of living under the grace of God. It is only because of God's great grace that we can even stand before Him, through our faith and acceptance of the Lord Jesus Christ, and say we are a saved child of the one and only living God. Now, everyone and every living thing is created by God, but only those whom have accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior can say that they are a child of God. The amazing thing is that when one has wholeheartedly chosen to live their lives for Christ, the Glory of the Lord shines through so bright that it effects everyone around you. Those who do not know Christ will either become inspired to do so or run away, but do not take it personally, just rejoice knowing that God is with you and that He is working in that person as well, in one way or another all will see the Glory of the Lord.

King Solomon continued building the House of the Lord, it took about seven and a half years for it to be completed, but every detail was precise and everything that went into the Temple was pure and only of the best quality. “Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out. And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set; Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold; And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold; And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.” - II Chronicles 4:18-22. The furniture and amount of items in the temple, compared with that of the tabernacle, showed that God's church would be enlarged, and His worshipers multiplied. It was important that everything that went into the Temple be pure and perfect, a foreseen quality that would be of our Lord Jesus Christ. Today, we are the House of God, His Temple, and it is just as important that everything that goes into our bodies, or Temple, be pure. We are not perfect, but we can be pure and if we learn God's Word and follow it we will remain pure. “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” - II Timothy 3:16,17.

Now that the Temple was complete it was time to bring the Ark of God to it's final resting place. “Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God. Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month. And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark. And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up.” - II Chronicles 5:1-4. Solomon gathered the priests and Levites as God commanded would be the only ones allowed to handle the Ark and put the Ark and all the holy vessels in place. The Ark was a token of the presence of God, when the people saw the Ark they knew that God was with them. God is always with His believers, but there is something about the sense of seeing His presence that increases a persons faith in Him. Any believer, even today, has the power to see His presence, look around you, God is everywhere, in the people we meet, in ourselves, in His beautiful creations, in the miracles we see every day, life in itself is a miracle and we should never take for granted that we are one of God's miracles. Praise God!


With praise, thanksgiving, music, and singing all the people were gathered together as one to see this wonderful event take place. There was nothing on the Ark except for the Word of God, which contained the original Commandments from Moses. These were to be a constant reminder of God's Covenant with Israel and to make them a holy nation. As soon as the Ark was in it's place God took possession of the Temple. “There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course: Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD; So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.” - II Chronicles 5:10-14. God was pleased and the Glory of the Lord shined so bright that the priests could not stand to minister to the people. Today, all who accept Jesus Christ as their Savior become a part of the assembly that with one accord proclaim that they are a sinner saved by grace through their faith and belief in the death, burial, and resurrection of God's only begotten Son, Jesus Christ. The second we say we believe in Jesus and ask Him into our heart it pleases God and He comes into our soul. The more we sing praises and give thanks to Him, the more He shines through us.

The Glory of the Lord shines through every person who has accepted Christ and made the decision to follow Him. The more we learn His Word, obey His commandments, thank, and praise Him the more He shines in us as the Holy Spirit works in us and changes us from just knowing the name of Christ to being one with Christ. “Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” - II Corinthians 3:17,18. It is only by the Spirit of God that we can change and allow the Glory of the Lord to shine through us.

Enjoy the rest of your day/night and weekend.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina